In Salisbury, a night of guns, cash and unanswered questions

Nov. 7, 2013

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Daily Times Staff Report

Surveillance screenshot of two alleged robbery suspects at the Royal Farms on South Division Street in Salisbury. / Salisbury Police Department

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SALISBURY — Three separate robberies took place within a whirlwind 67 minutes of each other early Thursday morning in the city, according to the Salisbury Police Department.

Details provided by police were strikingly similar in two of the cases — a handgun, a convenience store, suspects wearing black hooded sweatshirts and standing 5 feet, 8 inches tall.

But agency spokesman Capt. Scott Kolb said it’s too early to say whether the cases are connected. Police are looking into “all options,” he said.

In the first incident of the night, police said two men, one holding a gun, approached an employee of Thirsty’s on East Church Street after he closed the store shortly after 1 a.m. They made off with a bag containing personal belongings with a third suspect, according to police accounts.

In the second robbery, a man walking alone was hit in the back of the head by another man, who demanded cash and the victim’s phone, police said. That happened just blocks from the first alleged crime, at 1:55 a.m. in the 300 block of East Vine Street.

Then at around 2:15, two men wearing ski masks stole an unspecified amount of money from a cash register at the Royal Farms on South Division Street, police said. One had a gun.

Anyone with information about these incidents should contact the Salisbury Police at 410-548-3165 or Crime Solvers at 410- 548-1776. Crime Solvers will pay up to $1,000 for tips that lead to arrest.